Zoe Amor draws in space, sculpting and arranging natural forms into compositions that gratify the senses with their strength and beauty. Working in wax, clay and plaster she has embraced traditional and contemporary methods of bronze casting at the Garage Art Foundry in Central Victoria, where she is an artist in residence exploring the potential of her medium and the reaches of her imagination.

Her work is often inspired by the indigenous species of an area, such as the Kamarooka, which was shortlisted for the Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award and Red Box, both of which are in the Bendigo Bank collection.  These works drew strength from earlier exhibitions such as the Mumunya Festival (for which she won the Mumunya prize) and from The Tree Show – Bushwahzie where the Red Box as a subject first made its appearance.

Much of her treasured childhood was spent in the bushland and homes of well known Australian artists and writers such as Daryl and Joan Lindsay at Mulberry Hill, Clifton Pugh’s Dunmoochin, Monsalvat where she worked in the sculpture studio of Matcham Skipper, and of course, in the studio of Rick Amor who is a wonderful artist and father and Teana Amor who encouraged her to create and wander in the bush.

Reflections of this inspirational background were also to be found in Origin: Dunmoochin at Monsalvat, and Window to the Sun, her first exhibition at the Melbourne Art Rooms.

New works are soon to be found on the shores of Sydney at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2006 and MARS gallery based in Port Melbourne.

Zoe Amor was born in 1974 in Frankston and lives and works in Central Victoria.

Red Box Bush continues my study of Australian natives and highlights the dramatic abstractions that can occur naturally in the bush with filtered light, time and the elements upon it.  The medium of bronze lends itself to the subject for the strength and grace inherent in these trees can be captured through the modulation and texturing of forms and the subtle patination techniques that make bronze sculpture so unique. The Red Box Bush is an edition of three and the last of a sculptural series dealing with the Red Box eucalypts.